With only one week before the NC Literary Festival starts on Thursday, April 3rd, it’s more important than ever to finalize your list of authors to see.

Meet R.L. Stine, one of the top best-selling children’s series authors of all time. Stine is best known for his series Goosebumps, but he is phenomenally prolific and wrote several more series including Fear Street, Rotten School, and The Nightmare Room. At the end of 2012, CNN reported that “Stine has written more than 300 books that have sold a combined 350 million copies around the world.”

In addition to being one of the world’s top-selling and prolific children’s authors, Stine is an accomplished screenwriter, short story writer, and author of adult literature. He was lead screenwriter of the children’s television show “Eureeka’s Castle” for six years, and his adult thriller Eye Candy is currently being made into a TV series for MTV. Paradoxically enough, while Stine is commonly regarded as a horror writer, he has published a series of joke books under the pen name Jovial Bob Stine.

So, whether you’re a Goosebumps fan, a jokester, or interested in learning about how to write an astounding number of bestsellers, come meet R.L. Stine at the Hunt Library on Saturday, April 5. Stine will be available from 11:15-12:15 for one of our Family Fun events. Later on Saturday from 12:30-1:30, he will discuss the horror genre with Peter Straub. We hope to see you there!

For more information about the schedule and programs of the North Carolina Literary Festival, please visit the Festival website.